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The Anglican Church of Canada desperately seeking real and deeper meaning

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The Anglican Church of Canada, in the form of Archdeacon Paul Feheley, has waded into the controversy over an Aukland church’s depiction of the Annunciation on a billboard.

From here:

The church has said the billboard is intended to provoke debate, a goal that Archdeacon Paul Feheley, principal secretary to the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, supports.

“Getting people to think about the real and deeper meaning of these events is a really good thing,” Feheley said. “Will it make some uncomfortable? Of course it will. But any thought-provoking ad does that.

Christians believe that Mary was a virgin, was impregnated by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God: a virgin gave birth to baby who was 100% human and 100% God. The question I have for Paul Feheley is: “what meaning could he possibly ascribe to the event that would be more ‘real’ or ‘deeper’ than that?”

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And now for a completely different Annunciation

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From here:

A billboard put up outside an Auckland church has been labelled “weird” and “inappropriate”.

It shows the Virgin Mary clearly shocked as she looks at a positive pregnancy test – but it’s not the first time the church has courted controversy.

It’s supposed to be the Virgin Mary’s moment of epiphany.

“I think it’s really weird,” one person told 3 News. “I don’t think it’s that appropriate to have outside a church.”

“It’s weird, but not really offensive,” said another.

“Well, I obviously don’t agree with it being weird and creepy,” says Glynn Cardy, vicar at of St Matthew-in-the-City, who came up with the idea for the billboard.

“It’s trying to make people think about Christmas and to then think compassionately and kindly about people in a similar situation.”

When Glynn Cardy tells us it should make us think “kindly about people in a similar situation “, he has a point: there are pregnant virgins popping up all over the place these days.